lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany: Recent Episodes
lkisaid
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany flash briefing podcast will help you consider the beautiful in the ordinary. offering daily music, poems, ramblings, and rantings for your enjoyment and contemplation...aiming to present you with various thoughts on life, faith, being, and philosophy. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 149
Nativity Troparion
https://youtu.be/Eo4VXwAlpD0
Nativity Kontakion
https://youtu.be/wSyC33rj0Xo
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 148
Father John Whiteford chanting the Paschal Hours.
http://www.saintjonah.org/podcasts/paschalhours.mp3
The Paschal Hours For Laymen
http://www.saintjonah.org/services/paschalhours.htm
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. (Thrice)
Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One. We worship Thy Cross, O Christ, and Thy holy Resurrection we hymn and glorify; for Thou art our God, and we know none other beside Thee, we call upon Thy name. O come, all ye faithful, let us worship Christ's holy Resurrection, for behold, through the Cross joy hath come to all the world. Ever blessing the Lord, we hymn His Resurrection; for, having endured crucifixion, He hath destroyed death by death. (Thrice)
Forestalling the dawn, the women came with Mary, and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, and heard from the angel: Why seek ye among the dead, as though He were mortal, Him Who liveth in everlasting light? Behold the grave-clothes. Go quickly and proclaim to the world that the Lord is risen and hath slain death. For He is the Son of God Who saveth mankind.
Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal. Thou didst destroy the power of death. In victory, didst thou arise O Christ God, proclaiming rejoice to the myrrh-bearing women. Granting peace to Thine apostles and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.
In the grave bodily, but in hades with Thy soul as God; in Paradise with the thief, and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit wast Thou Who fillest all things, O Christ the Inexpressible.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
How life-giving, how much more beautiful than Paradise, and truly more resplendent than any royal palace was Thy tomb shown to be, O Christ, the source of our resurrection.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O sanctified and divine tabernacle of the Most High, rejoice! For through thee, O Theotokos, joy is given to them that cry: Blessed art thou among women, O all-spotless Lady.
Lord, have mercy. (Forty times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
O Lord, bless
Thou that didst rise from the dead, O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the prayers of Thy most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing fathers, and all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, for Thou art good and the Lover of mankind. Amen.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 147
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2019/10/25
Philippians 1:27-2:4
Luke 11:23-26
The Creed: The Symbol of Faith
https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/prayers/symbol-of-faith
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of light; true God of true God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by Whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man. And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And the third day He arose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; Whose Kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the Father; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spoke by the prophets.
In one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 146
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2019/09/10
2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5
Mark 3:13-19
The Creed: The Symbol of Faith
https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/prayers/symbol-of-faith
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 145
The Troparion of Pentecost (English, Greek, and Arabic)
https://youtu.be/-h5zfd4CNQE
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/06/19
Jude 1-25
John 21:15-25
John 14:21-24
Romans 1:18-27
Matthew 5:20-26
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 144
The Troparion of Pentecost (English, Greek, and Arabic)
https://youtu.be/-h5zfd4CNQE
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/06/17
Ephesians 5:9-19
Matthew 18:10-20
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 143
Holy God - Jerusalem Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/00_MIXST013_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Jerusalem.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/06/10
Acts 21:8-14
John 14:27-15:7
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 142
Holy God- Byzantine Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST080_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Byzantine.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/31
Acts 15:5-34
John 10:17-28
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 141
Paschal Hymns (Orthodox Christian Chant in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWA4Tz8NN8
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/19
Luke 24:1-12
Acts 9:32-42
John 5:1-15
THE HOLY SEPULCHRE | Paschal Hymns (Orthodox Christian Chant in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kedxohHuVdU&list=PLmIx5U45dTBISJRXUYa53FdHhDZpV7ev8&index=4
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 140
Apolytikion of the myrrh bearing women T2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK-WzQuND2g
The Myrrhbearing Women
https://oca.org/Images/About/Worship/myrhhbearing-women.jpg
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/12
Mark 16:9-20
Acts 6:1-7
Mark 15:43-16:8
Christ is Risen
https://soundcloud.com/goarch/christ-is-risen-2
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 139
Lord I Call Tone 1 Byzantine
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-t1-lic.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/LIC-t1-byz.pdf
The Myrrhbearing Women
https://oca.org/Images/About/Worship/myrhhbearing-women.jpg
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/07
Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8
Composite 4 - Proverbs 10; Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7, 8, 9
Composite 5 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 6, 7, 2
John 10:9-16
Galatians 1:11-19
John 10:1-9
Acts 4:1-10
John 3:16-21
Resurrection Troparion Tone 1
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-res-t1.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-t1-trop-byz.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 138
Lord I Call Tone 1 Byzantine
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-t1-lic.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/LIC-t1-byz.pdf
Saint Thomas Sunday: Antipascha
https://oca.org/Images/About/Worship/thomas-sunday.jpg
The Sunday after Easter, called the Second Sunday, is thus the eighth day of the paschal celebration, the last day of Bright Week. It is therefore called the Antipascha, and it was only on this day in the early church that the newly-baptized Christians removed their robes and entered once again into the life of this world.
In the Church services the stress is on the Apostle Thomas’ vision of Christ and the significance of the day comes to us in the words of the gospel:
Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing.” Thomas answered Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” (Jn 20.27–29).
We have not seen Christ with our physical eyes nor touched His risen body with our physical hands, yet in the Holy Spirit we have seen and touched and tasted the Word of Life (1 Jn 1.1–4), and so we believe.
At each of the daily services until Ascension Day we sing the Easter Troparion. At each of the Sunday services beginning with Antipascha, we sing the Easter canon and hymns, and repeat the celebration of the “first day of the week” on which Christ rose from the dead. At all of the liturgies the epistle readings are taken from the Book of Acts telling us of the first Christians who lived in communion with the Risen Lord. All of the gospel readings are taken from the Gospel of Saint John, considered by many to be a gospel written particularly for those who are newly-baptized into the new life of the Kingdom of God through death and new birth in Christ, in the name of the Holy Trinity. The reason for this opinion is that all of the “signs”—as the miracles in Saint John’s Gospel are called—deal with sacramental themes involving water: wine and bread. Thus, each of the Sundays after Thomas Sunday with the exception of the third, is dedicated to the memory of one of these “signs.”
https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/post-easter-sundays
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/05
Matthew 28:16-20
Acts 5:12-20
John 20:19-31
Resurrection Troparion Tone 1
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-res-t1.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-t1-trop-byz.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 137
Lord I Call Tone 1 Byzantine
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-t1-lic.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/LIC-t1-byz.pdf
Post-Easter Sundays
Saint Thomas Sunday: Antipascha
https://oca.org/Images/About/Worship/thomas-sunday.jpg
Every day during the week of Easter, called Bright Week by the Church, the paschal services are celebrated in all their splendor. The Easter baptismal procession is repeated daily. The royal gates of the sanctuary remain open. The joy of the Resurrection and the gift of the Kingdom of eternal life continue to abound. Then, at the end of the week, on Saturday evening, the second Sunday after Easter is celebrated in remembrance of the appearance of Christ to the Apostle Thomas “after eight days” (Jn 20.26).
It is important to note that the number eight has symbolical significance in both Jewish and Christian spiritual tradition. It signifies more than completion and fullness; it signifies the Kingdom of God and the life of the world to come since seven is the number of earthly time. The sabbath, the seventh day, is the blessed day of rest in this world, the final day of the week. The “first day of the week,” the day “after Sabbath”; stressed in all of the gospels as the day of Christ’s Resurrection (Mk 16.1, Mt 28.1, Lk 24.1, Jn 20.1, 19), is therefore also “the eighth day,” the day beyond the confines of this world, the day which stands for the life of the world to come, the day of the eternal rest of the Kingdom of God (see Heb 4)
https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/post-easter-sundays
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/04
Acts 3:11-16
John 3:22-33
Resurrection Troparion Tone 1
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-res-t1.MP3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-t1-trop-byz.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 136
O Lord I have cried... Psalm 140 Orthodox Vespers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybmEtB8GOo
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/05/01
Acts 2:22-36
John 1:35-51
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 135
Christ is Risen, Orthodox Paschal Troparion (English, Arabic, Greek)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOb3r6GZJM
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/28
Acts 1:1-8
John 1:1-17
The Great Prokeimenon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUPpNquOdNY&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 134
Eight Tone Alleluia
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/26
John 13:31-18:1
John 18:1-28
Matthew 26:57-75
John 18:28-19:16
Matthew 27:3-32
Mark 15:16-32
Matthew 27:33-54
Luke 23:32-49
John 19:25-37
Mark 15:43-47
John 19:38-42
Matthew 27:62-66
Zechariah 11:10-13
Galatians 6:14-18
Matthew 27:1-56
Isaiah 50:4-11
Romans 5:6-11
Mark 15:16-41
Isaiah 52:13-54:1
Amos 8:9-12
Hebrews 2:11-18
Luke 23:32-49
Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9:11, 14-15
Hebrews 10:19-31
John 18:28-19:37
Exodus 33:11-23
Job 42:12-17 LXX
Isaiah 52:13-54:1
1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2
Matt. 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matt. 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matt. 27:55-61
Bridegroom Troparion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j589pcbWXsg&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 133
Eight Tone Alleluia
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/25
Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9-11, 14-15
Exodus 19:10-19
Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5
Isaiah 50:4-11
Luke 22:1-39
1 Corinthians 11:23-32
Matt. 26:2-20; John 13:3-17; Matt. 26:21-39; Luke 22:43-45; Matt. 26:40-27:2
John 13:1-11
John 13:12-17
Bridegroom Troparion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j589pcbWXsg&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 132
Eight Tone Alleluia
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/24
Ezekiel 2:3-3:3
Exodus 2:11-22
Job 2:1-10
John 12:17-50
Matthew 26:6-16
Bridegroom Troparion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j589pcbWXsg&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 131
Eight Tone Alleluia
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/23
Ezekiel 1:21-28 (1:1-28,2:1 LXX)
Exodus 2:5-10
Job 1:13-22
Matthew 22:15-23:39
Matthew 24:36-26:2
Bridegroom Troparion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j589pcbWXsg&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 130
Eight Tone Alleluia
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/22
Ezekiel 1:1-20
Exodus 1:1-20
Job 1:1-12
Matthew 21:18-43
Matthew 24:3-35
Bridegroom Troparion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j589pcbWXsg&feature=youtu.be
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 129
Troparion and Exapostelaria of Lazarus Saturday
https://youtu.be/H9iDpyCLvWA
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/20
Hebrews 12:28-13:8
John 11:1-45
Lord I Call - Tone 5
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST073_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Lord-I-Call-t5YES.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 128
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/17
Isaiah 58:1-11
Genesis 43:26-31, 45:1-16
Proverbs 21:23-22:4
Resurrection Tone 5 Kievan Variant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Res-trop-t5.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-trop-t5BEBE.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 127
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/15
Mark 16:1-8
Galatians 3:23-29
Luke 7:36-50
Hebrews 9:11-14
Mark 10:32-45
Resurrection Tone 5 Kievan Variant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Res-trop-t5.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-trop-t5BEBE.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 126
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/13
Hebrews 9:1-7
Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark 8:27-31
Resurrection Tone 5 Kievan Variant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Res-trop-t5.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-trop-t5BEBE.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 125
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/04/12
Isaiah 45:11-17
Genesis 22:1-18
Proverbs 17:17-18:5
Isaiah 41:4-14 (6th Hour)
Outro - Our Father: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/Our-Father-e3nohf
Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive those who are indebted to us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive those who are indebted to us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 123
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
XIII SUNDAY MORNING
For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory
THY Kingdom, O Lord, I seek. Thee do I praise and glorify. All that is, is Thine. Thou hast made it all: all life, all things, all thoughts reflect Thee. Thy loving kindness, Thy mercy lay upon all things. Yet none of these things hold Thee who art beyond thought or comprehension. Only Thy love transcends all unknowing and reaches me who am but one of Thy humble children. How grateful am I to the Grace that made me one of the human race! Let me be worthy of my brethren and of Thy Saints.
This day hast Thou set aside for rest because on this day Thou lookest upon Thy creation and found it good. We, only we, have misused our blessing and brought sorrow and death into our lives. But Thou art Love and Light and Life and through the resurrection of Thy Son hast given back to this day its holiness and wholeness. Holy, holy, holy art Thou, O Lord, God of Hosts!
AMEN
XIV SUNDAY EVENING
Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
THOU, who art Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, Thou, who art the inn on the road and the end of the road, bless me at the close of this day. If it is to be my last, dear Lord, forgive what I have done amiss, for in Thy mercy do I trust. Of myself naught am I. Finite and small, I lay me in Thy Hand to hold and shield me and, if Thou wilt, take me to Thee. Only this have I to recommend me, that Thou has made me; nothing have I to give Thee, for all I have has come of Thee; only my love is mine own to give or to withhold. Lord our Father, accept my love, the truest and purest that I can give. Love Thou Thyself art; herein lies my own link with eternity that I love Thee and so am part of Thine own, Thou who werest, art and ever shalt be.
Glory be to Thee, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, both now and ever and unto ages of ages.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 122
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
XI SATURDAY MORNING
Lead us not into temptation
FROM temptation spare me, O Lord. Let me not fall a victim to the wiles of the enemy who stands ever ready to guide me amiss. Let me distinguish the pearl without price and not be dazzled by the tinsel and the gold. Teach me to guard my tongue from useless words. Help me always to ask myself: is this of good report? Am I by saying or doing this working for the Kingdom of Heaven? Or am I serving Satan and his angels? Give me clear eyes and judgment that I may throughout this day make the right choice. Where there is darkness, let me see light; in the midst of turmoil let me find the core of stillness. Let no fear enter my soul, but teach me bravely to face every problem and all enmity and never let me compromise with evil. Let me never forget that man does not live by bread alone, but by Thy word. Let me owe no man anything but love so that in loving one another we may fulfill Thy law and set temptation at naught.
AMEN
XII SATURDAY EVENING
But deliver us from evil
O LORD God, let me give the evil one no grounds to have a hold on me, neither waking nor sleeping. In this world of tribulation I shall have no fear because Thou hast overcome the world and its prince.
I trust myself under the guardianship of Thine Angel; let him cover me this night with the feathers of his protection that I may rest secure from any assault of the enemy. I shall not fear the terror that walks in the darkness. As through this day Thy loving kindness has shielded me, even so this night be my safeguard, O my gentle Lord.
I thank Thee and bless Thee for all the good things of this day, for the protection of my dear ones, for the numerous blessings that we, all Thy creatures, have experienced this day, especially for those moments when we have overcome the wiles of the evil one.
I entrust all my nearest and dearest to Thy loving care. Because the Lord is my light and the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Glory be to Thee, 0 Christ.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 121
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
IX FRIDAY MORNING
Forgive us our trespasses
FULL of fault am I, my sin is ever before me, I start out Thy debtor in every way. I strive to keep straight but ever and again I fall. My one hope lies in Thy mercy. Yet, O wonder, were it not for sin I would not have known Thy loving kindness, the power of Thy forgiving love through Jesus Christ, my Lord.
As I start out upon this day seeking to come closer to Thee in all I do, it is the knowledge of Thy power to turn even my faults to good purpose that gives me the strength to go forth and do my work. In my past lie many transgressions I cannot of myself put right. The weight of them lays heavily upon me. But Thou hast said: 'Come unto me all that are heavily burdened.' To Thee I come, O Lord, humbly praying that this day may pass without sin and that I may make retribution, ever remembering the pain Thou didst suffer for me and all mankind, and thus keep to the true and only path that leads to Thee.
AMEN
X FRIDAY EVENING
As we forgive those who trespass against us
AS I forgive, I ask to be forgiven! As I forgive N (think of the person you most dislike), how little mercy I deserve, for how little am I able myself to forgive! Were I to be judged as I judge others, what hope do I have?
O Lord, move my heart to love and forgiveness. Teach me true compassion, with kindliness to look upon my neighbors' faults. Still within me the aggravations of this day and my unjust criticisms, let me see myself as I truly am, help me to judge my own reactions rather than dwell upon those of others. Help me to banish from my heart and memory all resentments, anger and annoyance. Even there where my dislike is justified, temper my feelings with charity and contrition for my own share in the world's sin. May I this night and at all times forgive seventy times seven and be worthy of Thee and not have to fear Thy judgment, for Thou art faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 120
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
VII THURSDAY MORNING
Give us this day
THIS day is all I ask for, O Lord. Give me the strength for the hours as they come one by one. For my sustenance let me ask for that only which I need, Thy will to fulfill. Let me have enough of the spiritual and the material so that I may help all who knock at my door and send none empty away. Show me how to share the blessings of this day with my neighbor. Teach me to fear neither the good nor the bad, to bravely live them both to the full, through both working out Thy will. Let no lack of generosity hamper my actions. Let my heart never be so small that it cannot love and forgive. Let me have the humility truly to rejoice over every minute and what it brings. I know full well how undeserving I am; yet, let me seize every opportunity to turn every hour to Thy glory. Walk with me this day as Thou didst with Luke and Cleopas to Emmaus. Let Thine Angel guide me and show me what Thy demand of me is for this day.
AMEN
VIII THURSDAY EVENING
Our daily bread
FOR all I have had this day I bless and thank Thee, O Lord. At no time has my need been left unsatisfied; only in those hours when I turned from Thee have I known want. I thank Thee, dear Lord and Master, for all that this day my brethren have shared with me. I thank Thee for sun and air, for house and food, for dear ones and friends, for every hour that has been mine. I thank Thee, also, for the hours of pain and stress that have widened my understanding. I thank Thee for the darkness that has made me see the light more clearly. I thank Thee for the enmity that has taught me to forgive.
How rich I am! How much hast Thou given me. Each day is added to all I already have. How generously hast Thou dealt with me! From the hour of my birth to this evening hour so much, so much hast Thou given me I cannot count it, I can but humbly thank Thee for Thyself: my daily bread.
Glory be to Thee, O Christ our God.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 119
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
V WEDNESDAY MORNING
On earth
AS it were in heaven let my day be. In all I undertake let this be my guiding motif—Thy will on earth to carry through in what I say and what I do. Help me to help others and so to forget myself. Teach me to make this earth more pleasing in Thy sight. Help me to be brave and patient, loving and understanding; yet let none of these virtues divert me from doing on earth as in heaven would be done to honour Thee.
Let me, dear Lord, judge myself and my motives correctly so that I can make the right decisions in Thy sight. Let me seek no selfish aim. Let nothing come between me and Thee, neither those I love nor my loyalties. Let me first seek what to Thy Glory is, O Lord, then can I but be fair to all and even to myself.
Let me not put off what to-day is to be done, for now and here is the appointed time and place; every hour, every minute is the golden opportunity. To know and fulfill on earth Thy will. This earthly day I dedicate to Thee, O Christ!
AMEN
VI WEDNESDAY EVENING
as in Heaven
ON earth this evening, O Lord, have I come closer to heaven for each day, each hour more of Thee I learn. Patiently having striven to be true to Thy word have I seen Thee reflected in all things, in the sun and rain, in the smile of a child, in the fresh breeze, in the stillness of heavy air, in my work, in my contact with other men. Everywhere is the work of Thy hands, all we have wrought we have made out of Thy material. For all these things I bless and glorify Thy Name. As the shadows close around me and night covers the earth and all things turn to their rest, I close my eyes in utter thankfulness for all that life has given me up to this hour. My soul overflows with gratitude for all Thy loving kindness.
In peace and confidence I lay me down to rest fearing no hurt, for this very ground upon which I lie is Thy footstool and thus blessed of Thee and a foreshadowing of heavenly bliss.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 118
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
III TUESDAY MORNING
Thy Kingdom come
AS the new day dawns and new opportunities lie before me, Thy humble servant, let me never forget Thy Kingdom. Send me, I pray Thee, as one of Thy emissaries, that there where I am Thy Kingdom may have a staunch witness.
Such as I am full of fault and ineptitude, take me, use me, where most I can be of use. Let me, like the rain worm, do my share of moving some grain of soil in Thy vineyard; that I may partake in some small way in Thy redeeming work. Let me, O Lord, bring that particle of soil upon which my shadow falls back into Thy Kingdom, because I am Thine.
Throughout this day let me not look hither and yon in vain search, but make me conscious, I pray Thee, O Lord, that Thy kingdom is within me through Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God.
AMEN
IV TUESDAY EVENING
Thy Will be done
THY will have I sought throughout this day, a willing instrument have I tried to be. Both joy and sorrow, recompense and penalty, have I done my utmost obediently to accept, and gratefully have lived each hour such as it has come to me, seeking to react as Thou of me wouldst want.
I sorrow over those moments when I have let my own willfulness triumph over Thy demand. Pardon, I pray Thee, the temptation I had to shirk the unpleasant, to dodge the issue. The spirit is truly willing, but the flesh is weak.
O Lord, Thou, who knowest so well how weak we are, strengthen me to do Thy will in all things and let no lesson in obedience pass me by.
Let not this night's rest, O Lord, be to my shame or my weakness, but to my strengthening so that in all things and at all hours of night or day I, Thy will may do.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 117
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Our Father - Princess Ileana of Romania Mother Alexandra - Meditations on the Lord's Prayer
http://www.tkinter.smig.net/PrincessIleana/OurFather/index.htm
I MONDAY MORNING
Our Father, Who art in Heaven
TO Thee, my Creator, the cause of all my life and being, I dedicate this day. To Thee, to whom I owe my life in all its forms, I give myself wholeheartedly. From Thee come my thoughts, my power to think, to rationalize and put my ideas into action. To Thee I owe my body and my feelings; from Thee I have my hands and feet, my eyes and my tongue. I yearn this day to use all that I am to that purpose for which Thou hast created me.
Thy child I long to be in thought and word and deed, to love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind.
Father, Thou art everywhere and yet nothing encompasses, nameless because no name is worthy of Thee, Thou Infinite One, who in Thy heavenly glory can yet comprehend my finite need and boundless longing, hear my prayer: let this day bring me closer to Thee.
AMEN
II MONDAY EVENING
Hallowed be Thy Name
AS I turn me to rest, my soul doth magnify the Lord. From the depth of my grateful heart I thank Thee for all the opportunities of this day. Thy Holy Name have I sought ever to hold within my heart. Forgive me wherein I have failed in worthily bearing witness to Thy glory.
Thy Name I dare not utter, too holy is It for my sinful lips, yet upon it do I dwell. In Thy Name have I found the strength and the patience to love and to laugh, to sorrow and to cry with my fellow man.
Thy Name to praise has been my goal. Though far short have I fallen of this my desire, yet to it again I turn.
Foot weary and sore at heart, my comfort lies in the Name of Jesus as in It also now I find my rest.
I pray Thee, let the Holy Name, even as I sleep, dwell within my loving heart.
AMEN
Our Father Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 116
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/31
John 21:15-25
Hebrews 4:14-5:6
Mark 8:34-9:1
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 115
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/30
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
John 5:24-30
Hebrews 10:32-38
Mark 2:14-17
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 114
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/28
Isaiah 11:10-12:2
Genesis 7:11-8:3
Proverbs 10:1-22
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 113
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/27
Isaiah 10:12-20
Genesis 7:6-9
Proverbs 9:12-18
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 112
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/26
Isaiah 9:9-10:4
Genesis 7:1-15
Proverbs 8:32-9:11
Hebrews 2:11-18
Luke 1:24-38
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 111
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/24
Genesis 28:10-17
Ezekiel 43:27-44:4
Proverbs 9:1-11
John 21:1-14
Hebrews 7:26-8:2
John 10:9-16
Hebrews 1:10-2:3
Mark 2:1-12
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 110
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/22
Isaiah 7:1-15
Genesis 5:32-6:8
Proverbs 6:20-7:1
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 109
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/21
Isaiah 6:1-12
Genesis 5:1-24
Proverbs 6:3-20
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 108
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/20
Isaiah 5:16-25
Genesis 4:16-26
Proverbs 5:15-6:3
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 107 Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/19 Isaiah 5:7-16 Genesis 4:8-15 Proverbs 5:1-15 Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 106
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/18
Isaiah 4:2-5:7
Genesis 3:21-4:7
Proverbs 3:34-4:22
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 105 Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/17 John 20:19-31 Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2 John 1:43-51
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 104
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/16
2 Timothy 2:1-10 John 15:17-16:2 Hebrews 1:1-12 Mark 2:23-3:5
Outro - Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 103
Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/15
Isaiah 3:1-15 (6th Hour) Genesis 2:20-3:20 (Vespers, 1st reading) Proverbs 3:19-34 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 102 Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d/a-a6htvf Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/12 Isaiah 1:19-2:4 (6th Hour) Genesis 1:14-23 (Vespers, 1st reading) Proverbs 1:20-33 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 101 Intro - Fetched Away: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/episodes/fetched-away-e2jq9d
Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/03/11
Isaiah 1:1-20 (6th Hour) Genesis 1:1-13 (Vespers, 1st reading) Proverbs 1:1-20 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 100 The Creed - Psalm Tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO02SGdqOAs&list=OLAK5uy_lrbDq8vlfPsDBgvEmdOsrQRs_U3qtK6ow&index=15
https://cuppa.love/blog/
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/19
2 Peter 2:9-22 (Epistle)
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
Mark 13:14-23 (Gospel)
So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. And let him wh
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 99
Holy God - Byzantine Melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aDa1QJNiQ
Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/189
2 Peter 1:20-2:9 (Epistle) knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) – then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
Mark 13:9-13 (Gospel) But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 98
Anaphora - Carpatho-Russian Chant · St. Tikhon's Monastery Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPVTylurok
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/17
Luke 24:12-35 (5th Matins Gospel) 2 Timothy 3:10-15 (Epistle) Luke 18:10-14 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 97
Dismissal for Great Vespers
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST090_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Dismissal-Great-Vespers.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/16
2 Timothy 2:11-19 (Epistle)
This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
Luke 18:2-8 (Gospel)
saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’” Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 96
St. Symeon's Prayer- Znamenny Tone 6
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/St-Symeons-Prayer.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/BTP9-stsymeon-znam.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/15
2 Peter 1:1-10 (Epistle)
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
Mark 13:1-8 (Gospel)
Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?” And Jesus, answering them, began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many. But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Re
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 95
Communion Hymn: Thursday- Special Melody: "There proclamation" (Apostles) mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST087_TwoPart.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OM-com-thurs.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/14
1 Peter 4:12-5:5 (Epistle) Mark 12:38-44 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 94
Receive the Body of Christ- Znamenny Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/28_MIXST028_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Receive-the-Body-Znam.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/13
1 Peter 4:1-11 (Epistle) Mark 12:28-37 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 93
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/12
1 Peter 3:10-22 (Epistle) Mark 12:18-27 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 92
Alleluia-Eight Tones-Znamenny Chant Tone 8
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST056_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Alleluia-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/11
1 Peter 2:21-3:9 (Epistle)
Mark 12:13-17 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 91
Anaphora- Mercy of Peace- Tikhonovsky Znamenny Tone 7 (Includes 2nd part in Treble Clef for Altos)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST081_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01-tik-anaphora.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/10
Luke 24:1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’” And they remembered His words. Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them. But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
1 Timothy 4:9-15 (Epistle)
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. These things command and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.
Luke 19:1-10 (Gospel)
Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said t
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 90
It Is Truly Meet- Znamenny Tone 7
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/00_MIXST020_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OM-Itistruly-znamt7.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/09
Hebrews 7:7-17 (Epistle, Meeting) Luke 2:22-40 (Gospel, Meeting) 1 Thessalonians 5:14-23 (Epistle) Luke 17:3-10 (Gospel)
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 89
Only-Begotten Son-Putevoi Chant (c. 15th c.)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST020_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Only-Begotten-Putevoi.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/08
1 Peter 1:1-2, 10-12 & 2:6-10 (Epistle)
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things which angels desire to look into. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Mark 12:1-12 (Gospel)
Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers. And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent them another servant, and at him they threw stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some. Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 88
Cherubic Hymn- Byzantine- St. John Koukouzeles- 12th century
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Byz-cherubic.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Cherubic-Stjohn-MORE.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/07
James 4:7-5:9 (Epistle)
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you. Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
Mark 11:27-33 (Gospel)
Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him. And they said to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 87
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/05
Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers, 1st reading) Composite 4 - Proverbs 10; Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7, 8, 9 (Vespers, 2nd reading) Wisdom of Solomon 4:7-15 (Vespers, 3rd reading) John 10:9-16 (Matins Gospel) Hebrews 13:17-21 (Epistle, Saint) James 3:1-10 (Epistle) Mark 11:11-23 (Gospel)
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 86
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/04
James 2:14-26 (Epistle)
Mark 10:46-52 (Gospel)
Litany of Supplication- Various
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST064_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OPA-LITANYSUPPLICATION.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 85
Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Repeat this prayer unceasingly.
Bless the Lord-Psalm 102-Special Melody: "Rejoice"
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Bless-the-Lord-RejoiceNEW.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OM-Bless-102-rejoice.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/02/
Composite 6 - Exodus 12, 13; Numbers 8; Leviticus 12 Isaiah 6:1-12 (Vespers, 2nd reading) Composite 7 - Isaiah 19:1, 3, 4-5, 12, 16, 19-21 (Vespers, 3rd reading) Luke 2:25-32 (Matins Gospel) Colossians 1:3-6 (Epistle) Luke 16:10-15 (Gospel) Hebrews 7:7-17 (Epistle, Meeting) Luke 2:22-40 (Gospel, Meeting)
Liturgy Ending (We have seen...)- Revised and Simplified Kedrov
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/26_MIXST026_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Liturgy-Ending-Kedrov.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 84
Holy God - Jerusalem Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/00_MIXST013_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Jerusalem.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/01/
James 2:1-13 (Epistle)
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mark 10:23-32 (Gospel)
Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.” So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 83
Bless the Lord-Psalm 102-'Tikhonovsky' mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST043_TwoPart.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Bless-the-Lord-Tikhonovsky.pdf Before Reading the Holy Scripture Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/31 James 1:19-27 (Epistle) So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. Mark 10:17-27 (Gospel) Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’” And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 82
Great Litany-Znamenny Melodies (and various others) (revised)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST078_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-REVISEDGRLITany.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture readings: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/30
Deuteronomy 1:8-11, 15-17 (Vespers, 1st reading)
See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers – to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – to give to them and their descendants after them.’ And I spoke to you at that time, saying: ‘I alone am not able to bear you. The Lord your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude. May the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you! So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes. Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him. You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
Deuteronomy 10:14-21 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it. The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 (Vespers, 3rd reading)
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be affliction, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortal
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 81
Beatitudes - Znamenny Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST079_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Beatitudes-Znamenny.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/29
Hebrews 12:25-26, 13:22-25 (Epistle)
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words. Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly. Greet all those who rule over you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you. Grace be with you all. Amen.
Mark 10:2-12 (Gospel)
The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him. And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ‘and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 80
Communion Hymn: Monday- Znamenny Tone 7 (Angels)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST062_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Communion-Monday.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/28
Hebrews 11:17-23, 27-31 (Epistle)
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
Mark 9:42-10:1 (Gospel)
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched – where ‘Their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched – where ‘Their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire – where ‘Their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have pea
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 79
Our Father- Lesser Znamenny Tone 6- Soloviev
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/at-Our-father-smirnovandafter.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/our-Father-Smirnov.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/27
Mark 16:1-8 (2nd Matins Gospel)
Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away – for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples – and Peter – that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
Hebrews 7:26-8:2 (Epistle, Saint)
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever. Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
John 10:9-16 (Gospel, Saint)
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 78
Bless the Lord-Psalm 102-Special Melody: "Rejoice"
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Bless-the-Lord-RejoiceNEW.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OM-Bless-102-rejoice.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/26
Ephesians 5:1-8 (Epistle)
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Luke 14:1-11 (Gospel)
Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?” And they could not answer Him regarding these things. So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 77
Communion Hymn: Friday- "Thou hast wrought Salvation" (Cross) mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/24_MIXST024_unknown.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/APA-comm-fri.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/25
John 10:1-9 (Matins Gospel)
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (Epistle, Saint)
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
John 10:9-16 (Gospel, Saint)
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 76
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Cherubic-znam-t4.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/APA-cherubic-znam-t4.pdf
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/24
Hebrews 10:35-11:7 (Epistle)
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Mark 9:10-16 (Gospel)
So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.” And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 75
God is with Us: Russian Znamenny Chant: Vaalam Monastery in Russia. (English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VaHCYqgQ3E&index=2&list=PL2zcazhyI5IPhgARJEDGDz-IzxXiAYHmU
God is with us! Understand, O ye nations, and submit yourselves for God is with us.
Hear, even unto to the uttermost ends of the earth, for God is with us. Submit yourselves, ye mighty ones, for God is with us. If any shall rise up in your might again, shall ye be overthrown, for God is with us. If any take counsel together, them shall the Lord destroy, for God is with us. And the word which ye shall speak, shall not abide in you, for God is with us. For we fear not your terror, neither are we troubled, for God is with us. I will put my trust in Him, and through Him shall I be saved, for God is with us. -lo, I and the children whom God has given me, for God is with us. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; for God is with us. For unto us a Child is born; unto us a Son is given, for God is with us. And of His peace there shall be no end, for God is with us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, God is with us. Both now and ever and unto ages of ages Amen, God is with us. For God is with us.
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/23
Hebrews 10:1-18 (Epistle)
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come – in the volume of the book it is written of Me – to do Your will, O God.’” Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law) then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever thos
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 74
Song For The Dead - SUPERB Byzantine English Orthodox Chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21tJmsZ_w_A
Before Reading the Holy Scripture
Illumine our hearts, O Master Who lovest mankind, with the pure light of Thy divine knowledge. Open the eyes of our mind to the understanding of Thy gospel teachings. Implant also in us the fear of Thy blessed commandments, that trampling down all carnal desires, we may enter upon a spiritual manner of living, both thinking and doing such things as are well-pleasing unto Thee. For Thou art the illumination of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/22
Hebrews 9:8-10, 15-23 (Epistle)
the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience – concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Mark 8:22-26 (Gospel)
Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him. So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything. And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.” Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 73
Communion Hymn: Monday- Znamenny Tone 7 (Angels)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST062_TwoPart.mp3 sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Communion-Monday.pdf scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/21/
Hebrews 8:7-13 (Epistle) For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah – not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Mark 8:11-21 (Gospel) Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.” And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat. Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.” But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.” “Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.” So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 72
soul-junk - psalm 22 https://soul-junk.bandcamp.com/track/psalm-22
Psalm 22 and the Crucified Messiah http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/35734/Default.aspx
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 71
fields of industry - so sad
https://fieldsofindustry.bandcamp.com/track/so-sad
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 70
theillalogicalspoon - giver of rest
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/giver-of-rest
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 69
Only-Begotten Son-Putevoi Chant (c. 15th c.)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST020_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Only-Begotten-Putevoi.pdf
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/15
Hebrews 4:1-13 (Epistle)
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.” Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Luke 21:12-19 (Gospel)
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But not a hair of your head shall be lost. By your patience possess your souls.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 68
theillalogicalspoon - feel, feel, feel
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/feel-feel-feel-2
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/14
Hebrews 3:5-11, 17-19 (Epistle)
And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years. Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’” Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Luke 20:27-44 (Gospel)
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. And the second took her as wife, and he died childless. Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and died. Last of all the woman died also. Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.” Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.” Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” But after that they dared not question Him anymore. And He said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David? Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his Son?”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 67
The Three Voices by Robert Service
theillalogicalspoon - https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/the-three-voices-by-robert-service
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/13/
John 21:15-25 (11th Matins Gospel)
So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.” Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
Ephesians 4:7-13 (Epistle, Sunday After)
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. (Now this, “He ascended” – what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Matthew 4:12-17 (Gospel, Sunday After) Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
Communion Hymn: Sunday- 'Great' Kievan Chant (Resurrection)
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 66
Little Litany - various
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST022_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Little-Litany.pdf
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/11
Luke 6:17-23 (Matins Gospel)
And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, for in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
2 Corinthians 4:6-15 (Epistle, Saint)
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed – always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Matthew 11:27-30 (Gospel, Saint)
All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Titus 1:15-2:10 (Epistle)
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things – that
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 65
theillalogicalspoon - tree of job
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/album/experiment-4-the-great-wound-and-the-wild-joy-part-b-another-log-for-the-fire
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/10
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 (Vespers, 1st reading)
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be affliction,
and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.
For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality.
Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever.
Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:15-6:3 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
But the righteous live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them.
Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord, because with his right hand he will cover them, and with his arm he will shield them.
The Lord will take his zeal as his whole armor, and will arm all creation to repel his enemies;
he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet;
he will take holiness as a invincible shield, and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
Shafts of lightening will fly with true aim, and will leap to the target as from a well-drawn bow of clouds, and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them, and rivers will relentlessly overwhelm them;
a mighty wind will rise against them, and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil-doing will overturn the thrones of rulers.
Listen therefore, O kings, and understand; learn, O judges of the ends of the earth.
Give ear, you that rule over multitudes, and boast of many nations.
For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High, who will search out your works and inquire into your plans.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:7-15 (Vespers, 3rd reading)
But the righteous man, though he die early, will be at rest.
For old age is not honored for length of time, nor measured by number of years;
but understanding is gray hair for men, and a blameless life is ripe old age.
There was one who pleased God and was loved by him,
He was caught up lest evil change his understanding or guile deceive his soul.
For the fascination of wickedness obscures what is good, and roving desire perverts the innocent mind. Being perfected in a short time, he fulfilled long years;
for his soul was pleasing to the Lord, therefore he took him quickly from the midst of wickedness.
Yet the peoples saw and did not understand, nor take such a thing to heart, that God’s grace and mercy are with his elect, and he watches over his ho
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 64
Resurrection Tone 8 "Greek Chant"
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST023_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Resurrection-Tone-8-Trop-lit.pdf
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/10
Titus 1:5-2:1 (Epistle)
For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you –
if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination. For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:
Luke 20:9-18 (Gospel)
Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time
Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed
Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed
And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’
But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’?
Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 63
theillalogicalspoon - Motherbear:
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/motherbear
Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open. Like a lion I will devour them; a wild animal will tear them apart. Hosea 13:8
O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear Wild Love, ancient ones say that you defend your cubs o Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear the way back to the tree of life hellhounds on our trail tonight; o Lord Motherbear roar again, let hell be scared you dwell in the dark though it seems of late deep caves you hibernate dark night of the sense filled only with solastalgia faintly hope for synesthesia, growing so hungry
solstice this time has gone too long we ain't strong like stone if you can't cahnge our woes leave us alone o for the fortitude of bare trees in February how long til You heal things? will You frighten a wind-blown leaf? how long til spring when we eat nettle greens? they don't sting half as bad as the wind-chill of Your distant gaze
You unstrung my bow so a harp i made and i turned it to blues of loud morning O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear many now are through with You i guess they found out You ain't true they must have better things to do than pray to nothing in this world of war it's hard for anyone to find the wild joy we all desire i know sometimes you have to go your own way but i've got nowhere else to go and I cannot get over You and i've got nothing better to do
i am not over You...i am not over You...i am not over You...
why were we ever born with this great wound at our core up against such unfair odds and no time to practice? out in my praying ground i still call out Your name in moonlight the moonlight dew paints me wet and i sense You are up to something new i don't believe You are dead yet
O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear O Lord Motherbear roar again that we may hear o Lord Motherbear Thy cubs are under attack! Mother, are You there? Mother, are You there? Mother, are You there to defend us and fight back? the builders of hell march on, we lose our direction Savage Mother God, sing Your song, we'll sing along
i don't forget what i first saw when the woods were old and tall Your fresh tracks in the mud, Your scratch on the cedar i've prayed the power of Your paws, my rock, my shelter, Your sharp claws nevertheless i'll defend my chest until you rip it open You have the Song of Life, i only have one tree left to climb (Because they killed all the rest!) i sit in the upper branches everyday and cry: "why have you forsaken us?!" i feel that i may fall off soon, be rushed to town in an ambulance and forget all about You the branches are so cold and stiff, but a memory makes me tighten my grip and though i say no to Your silence it's still You i speak with for now...
from theillalogicalspoon sings the last breath of the luna moth under the morel moon., released May 1, 2011
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/09/2
Luke 20:1-8 (Gospel)
Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priest
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 62
The Coming Host - fields of industry
scripture reading: https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/08
2 Timothy 3:16-4:4 (Epistle)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Luke 19:45-48 (Gospel)
Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
Litany of Supplication - Various
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/OPA-LITANYSUPPLICATION.pdf
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST064_TwoPart.mp3
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 61
After the Gospel - Augmented Litany - Various
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Litanies-after-Gospel.pdf
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST048_TwoPart.mp3
The salvific Orthodox Gospel vs. the secular "social gospel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSfRQedQCQ
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 60
Holy God - Byzantine Melody
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Byzantine.pdf
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Byzantine.pdf
What time is it Lord, what time is it Lord? You've made everything beautiful in its time, but what does it mean to be alive And what is this place in which I find that I am the wicked I seek for a sign?
instrumental by lkisaid
oh is it true that songs can do what bombs have always missed? to strike the lips of power that all men have longed to kiss that all may know if You don't save than everything is lost Your road map to freedom is from infancy to cross
no rock will bear my load, i'll cry out loud with in my time a battle cry against this world "God help me!" is the line and as i rush upon the field i know i may fall slain but i would rather fight and die than live my life in vain
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
kisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 59
Resurrection Tone 7 "Greek Chant"
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Res-trop-t7-BEBE.pdf
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/MIR-Res-trop-t7.mp3
psalters - hosanna: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/hosanna
scripture readings:
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/06/
Isaiah 35:1-10 (Great Blessing of Waters)
The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, there shall be grass with reeds and rushes. A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 55:1-13 (Great Blessing of Waters)
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you – the sure mercies of David. Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people. Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified you.” Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 58
Kontakion for the Prefeast of the Nativity of Christ (Tone 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsa_jT1N74k
with instrumental accompaniment by lkisaid
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 57
Beatitudes-Znamenny Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST079_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Beatitudes-Znamenny.pdf
scripture readings:
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/01/02/3
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 (Vespers, 1st reading)
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be affliction,
and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.
For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality.
Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever.
Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:15-6:3 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
But the righteous live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them.
Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord, because with his right hand he will cover them, and with his arm he will shield them.
The Lord will take his zeal as his whole armor, and will arm all creation to repel his enemies;
he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet;
he will take holiness as a invincible shield,
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
Shafts of lightening will fly with true aim, and will leap to the target as from a well-drawn bow of clouds, and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them, and rivers will relentlessly overwhelm them;
a mighty wind will rise against them, and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil-doing will overturn the thrones of rulers.
Listen therefore, O kings, and understand; learn, O judges of the ends of the earth.
Give ear, you that rule over multitudes, and boast of many nations.
For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High, who will search out your works and inquire into your plans.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:7-15 (Vespers, 3rd reading)
But the righteous man, though he die early, will be at rest.
For old age is not honored for length of time, nor measured by number of years;
but understanding is gray hair for men, and a blameless life is ripe old age.
There was one who pleased God and was loved by him,
He was caught up lest evil change his understanding or guile deceive his soul.
For the fascination of wickedness obscures what is good, and roving desire perverts the innocent mind.
Being perfected in a short time, he fulfilled long years;
for his soul was pleasing to the Lord, therefore he took him quickly from the midst of wickedness.
Yet the peoples saw and did not understand, nor take such a thing to heart, that God’s grace and mercy are with his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.
Matthew 11:27-30 (Matins Gospel)
All things have been delivered to Me
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 56
Our Father - Carpatho-Russian
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/22_MIXST022_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Our-Father-CarpatheanChant.pdf
scripture readings:
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2018/12/31
James 2:14-26 (Epistle)
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe – and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Mark 12:13-17 (Gospel)
Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” So they brought it. And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at Him.
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 55
Creed- Special Psalm Tone Melody
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/01_MIXST035_TwoPart.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/AST-Creed-Psalmtone.pdf
scripture readings:
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2018/12/30
John 20:19-31 (9th Matins Gospel)
Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
Galatians 1:11-19 (Epistle, Sunday After)
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Matthew 2:13-23 (Gospel, Sunday After)
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 54
Holy God- Jerusalem Chant
mp3: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/00_MIXST013_unknown.mp3
sheet music: https://orthodoxtwopartmusic.org/files/Holy-God-Jerusalem.pdf
scripture readings:
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2018/12/29
1 Timothy 6:11-16 (Epistle, Saturday After)
But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until
our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Matthew 12:15-21 (Gospel, Saturday After)
But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. Yet He warned them not to make Him known.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
He will not quarrel nor cry out, nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench, till He sends forth justice to victory; and in His name Gentiles will trust.”
Colossians 1:3-6 (Epistle)
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints;
because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Luke 17:3-10 (Gospel)
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.
So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 53
https://oca.org/readings/daily/2018/12/28
James 2:1-13 (Epistle) 1My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.2For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,3and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”4have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?5Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?6But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?7Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.11For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.12So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mark 12:1-12 (Gospel) 1Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.2Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers.3And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.4Again he sent them another servant, and at him they threw stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.5And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.6Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’7But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’8So they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.9Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others.10Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.11This was the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”12And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 52
Kontakion for the Prefeast of the Nativity of Christ (Tone 3)
https://oca.org/fs/sermons/discourse-on-the-nativity-of-christ
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 51
Orthodox Royal Hours of Christmas in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZl815jFAew
https://oca.org/fs/sermons/sermon-on-the-nativity-of-the-theotokos
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 50
O Lord I have cried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-MSLN5bXyU
https://oca.org/fs/sermons/sermon-on-the-entry-of-the-theotokos
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 49
josh garrels - o come o come emmanuel:
https://joshgarrels.bandcamp.com/track/o-come-o-come-emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appears Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Oh, come, our Dayspring from on high, And cheer us by your drawing nigh, Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel!
The Lord’s Prayer
https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/spirituality/prayer-fasting-and-almsgiving/the-lords-prayer
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 48
josh garrels - farther along:
https://joshgarrels.bandcamp.com/track/farther-along
Farther along we’ll know all about it Farther along we’ll understand why Cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine We’ll understand this, all by and by
Tempted and tried, I wondered why The good man died, the bad man thrives And Jesus cries because he loves em’ both We’re all cast-aways in need of ropes Hangin’ on by the last threads of our hope In a house of mirrors full of smoke Confusing illusions I’ve seen
Where did I go wrong, I sang along To every chorus of the song That the devil wrote like a piper at the gates Leading mice and men down to their fates But some will courageously escape The seductive voice with a heart of faith While walkin’ that line back home
So much more to life than we’ve been told It’s full of beauty that will unfold And shine like you struck gold my wayward son That deadweight burden weighs a ton Go down into the river and let it run And wash away all the things you’ve done Forgiveness alright
Chorus
Still I get hard pressed on every side Between the rock and a compromise Like the truth and pack of lies fightin’ for my soul And I’ve got no place left go Cause I got changed by what I’ve been shown More glory than the world has known Keeps me ramblin’ on
Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall I’m free to love once and for all And even when I fall I’ll get back up For the joy that overflows my cup Heaven filled me with more than enough Broke down my levee and my bluff Let the flood wash me
And one day when the sky rolls back on us Some rejoice and the others fuss Cause every knee must bow and tongue confess That the son of god is forever blessed His is the kingdom, we’re the guests So put your voice up to the test Sing Lord, come soon
Chorus
from Love & War & The Sea In Between, released June 15, 2011
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 47
fields of industry - gray:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6ha4fbh2hc41x3b/Fields+of+Industry.zip
through the gray
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 46
theillalogicalspoon - Come Thou Warrior in Soul Thou Poet in Deed for at 12:17 We Shall Believe
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/come-thou-warrior-in-soul-thou-poet-in-deed-for-at-12-17-we-shall-believe
Smash the town clock our schedules are more precise than the second Forsake the sidewalk for a highway more direct than already Calculated a stride of becoming but math did not get it With movements so strict and efficient that poetry was jealous At last we had the last laugh on city hall (high five!) our play is effective.
What time is it Lord, what time is it Lord? You've made everything beautiful in its time, but what does it mean to be alive And what is this place in which I find that I am the wicked I seek for a sign?
Now where the wind blows I go, don't know where that is, you can hear the sound of it but it escapes all your predict I was running and I don't know why I looked into the sky the moon was up in the daytime, the sun was rising, in-between was a tree beside me. Look at it: It's fall out, it smells good, there's a cold breeze (burr) Burn a twenty there is plenty more where that came from, well not money but something A car passed by and I said hi [they ask] "you need a ride" [I respond] "why not." [they ask] "where are you doing" [I respond] "absolutely." [someone asks] "anywhere?" [later on in the day I say to them] "let me out of the car now" [then to anyone] "come on, that blinking yellow light would make a good dance floor, I'm serious It's time to get serious."
What time is it Lord, what time is it Lord? I asked around we had nothing to say Now I'm on my face Lord teach me to pray. heaven and earth they will pass away But your words shall not pass away.
I was walking on the tracks in Jackson. I saw a deer, I walked over to it and It looked at me in the eye and said: "Do you see this world around you, do you see the trees, do you see the flora and fauna, do you see how we swing and we sway and we moan with the morning winds and the evening tide, do you see the sun setting in the West?"
I looked around and I noticed it for the first time in months.
and I said "ya, ya I understand I see that" and the deer said: "look closer do you really understand do you really see what's going on?"
and I looked again and I saw the rising of cities and I saw the destruction of lands that I had never seen before. and it came to me in a vision that this all at once terrible and frightening
and I said: "how did all this happen how did I never see it before?"
and the deer just looked at me
and I said: "I don't understand." the deer looked at me again and said: "you don't understand."
the deer walked away into the forest; I could not follow.
Chorus: Tossed about in a sea of words Reading and talking fenced in with the herd Harvest time, harvesting Revised revisiting The same scar on my mind All that is weak, all that's despised
After months of sleeping in the city I took the night train to Jackson I got off in the terminal and I walked in front and I saw the deer lying in the tracks. I looked at it in the eyes and the deer looked at me with a sign of faint recognition.
and I said: how did this happen?"
and the de
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 45
theillalogicalspoon - fields of green
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/fields-of-green
The fields of green that we passed by We had other things on our mind. You said let's leave, I said I'm game You meant right out of this old state. we saw some sights, we turned around. We ended up back here in town (Jackson?)
from experiment #3: remember your creator in the days of your youth, released April 15, 2008
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 44
theillalogicalspoon - who's the cowboy now?
I saw the tears of the oppressed. They had none to comfort them. So I said better than this misery is to have never entered this history. Unless you trespass onto the life they've stolen from you. "You come on my property I'm bound to get my gun, you thought this was a free country, but I'ma teach you boy these colors don't run!" x 2
"Who's the cowboy now? You ain't never been on the range, but I saw you down there on the internet microwaving your brains. Who's the cowboy now? I'm the one with the stolen land. My only fear is that when this all comes down the wild things are gonna come and take it back!"
Did you kill the man you(who?) killed you? x 4 I ain't dead yet! x 4 "Every night and every morn some to misery are born Every morn and every night some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are more to endless night" - William Blake But not this one because I trespass! I trespass! Alive, alive, alive!
from experiment #3: remember your creator in the days of your youth, released April 15, 2008
testify!
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 43
Matthew 24: 1-44
As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. Then he asked them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down." When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Jesus answered them, "Beware that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, "I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs. "Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come. "So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place, as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; the one on the housetop must not go down to take what is in the house; the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!' or "There he is!'—do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Take note, I have told you beforehand. So, if they say to you, "Look! He is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, "Look! He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. "Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. "But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man...
theillalogicalspoon - bad deal/secret plan:
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/bad-deal-secret-plan
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 42
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive all those who are indebted to us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
psalaters - creed:
https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost
Born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead & buried He descended into Hell
On the third day He rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead
I believe in the Holy Ghost the Holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body. and in the life everlasting amen, AMEN
from The Divine Liturgy of the Wretched Exiles, released June 14, 2006
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 41
theillalogicalspoon - giver of rest: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/giver-of-rest
Hebrews 6
The Peril of Falling Away Therefore let us go on toward perfection (or maturity), leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And we will do this, if God permits. For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, since on their own they are crucifying again the Son of God and are holding him up to contempt. Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.
Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake (his name) in serving the saints, as you still do. And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end, so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
The Certainty of God’s Promise When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Human beings, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all dispute. In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us. We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 40
Isaiah 35 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp, the grass shall become reeds and rushes. A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it,[b] but it shall be for God’s people;[c] no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 39
Excerpt from "Why Hope" by Ravi Zacharias:
https://www.rzim.org/listen/let-my-people-think/why-hope-part-1-1
aradhna - Jaya Dev:
https://aradhna.bandcamp.com/track/jaya-dev
Sanskrit words by Brahmabandhab Upadhyay Music by Chris Hale and Peter Hicks
Upachita-chirachin-mukurita pratibimbita You, who are the blossoming of abundant, eternal knowledge, the reflected one
Brahma-paraatpara-roopa Form of the infinite, highest of the high
Kanaka-kumaari-baalaka bhava-chaalaka You, who are the child of the golden virgin, yet ruler of the universe
Nirguna-gunaabhiraama, Nirguna-gunaabhiraama Full of delightful qualities yet beyond comprehension
Jaya Deva, Jaya Deva, Narahari, Narahari Victory to God, Victory to God, the man-God
Pandita-mandala-mandana bhaya-khandana You, who are the radiant gem in the assembly of the pandits, destroying fear
Dandita-bhandana-bhoota With a rod of rebuke, driving out the evil spirit
Aadhi-vyaadhi-vitaadana para-sevana You, who dispel cares and destroy diseases, serving others,
Paavana-lilaa-khela, paavana-lilaa-khela, paavana-lilaa-khela All your works shining with holiness
Vinivedita-nija-vedana bali-jeewana You, who have offered yourself to suffer agony and dishonor, the sacrifice of your life
Krita-kilbisha-visha-naasha Destroying the poison of evil within
Lalita-dayita-hrid-ranjana nayana-anjana Desired one, beloved, delight of the heart, soothing ointment for straining eyes
Sudalita kaala-karaala, kaala-karaala, kaala-karaala Victorious crusher of fierce death!
Narahari was introduced as a title for Christ by Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (1861-1907) in 1901. The title first appeared in a Sanskrit stotra by Upadhyay, where he describes how God reveals his love to us by becoming fully human while at the same time remaining independent and free of his creation. Upadhyay was always searching for words that sprung from the soil of India that could be used to describe various aspects of God’s nature. Nara-hari means, “man-God.” For more information on Upadhyay, read Julius Lipner’s, “Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 38
aradhna - Amrit Vani:
https://aradhna.bandcamp.com/track/amrit-vani
Words and music by Sadhu Nitesh Arrangement by Peter Hicks and Chris Hale
Amrita vani teri, amrita vani teri Your Immortal word, your immortal word
Jai jai Yeshu jai jai ho Victory, victory be to Jesus, victory, victory
Jai jai Pita jai jai ho Victory, victory be to the Father, victory, victory
Jai jai Putra jai jai ho Victory, victory be to the Son, victory, victory
Paawana Aatma jai jai ho To the Holy Spirit be victory, victory
Jeewana data jai jai ho To the Life-giver be victory victory
Jai jai Yeshu Jai Jai ho Victory, victory be to Jesus, victory, victory
Scripture reading:
2 Corinthians 2:10-16
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 37
theillalogicalspoon - the hours:
https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/the-hours
There was so much life! There was so much life! But I wanted to die (i hated my toil cause I could always say "so what?") I couldn't see how to grasp that flower, every time my hands touched it, it began to wither The moonlight picked a spot to shine to pull the earth hither, but it could not detach a blossom from the dark of my desires I thirsted for that wine of joy, I pulled the cork -a trigger- it didn't deliver, instead it ricocheted i sat and watched the bottle shatter I'm trying to find something that I cannot find, I'm trying to find something I cannot find My heart started thumping, but it left me behind.
There was so much life! There was so much life! But I fell asleep (you should never sleep because there is so much to find out) I hated my toil cause I could always say: "so what?" If I do or if I don't it doesn't matter much Everything is wearisome, man cannot explain took the road less travelled it was pretty much the same House of boredom and wondering why wishing I was some place else, too weak to cry Worked myself up saying it's good to be alive but in the end though wise or fool everybody dies While were here the days go back and forth between chaotic stress and nothingness feelings of vanity Even walking with my Lord joy's home The distance is more obvious I most feel alone.
The hours they have nothing to give never the less we must live the hours they have no guarantee this applies to everything.
There was so much life! There was so much life!
from experiment #3: remember your creator in the days of your youth, released April 15, 2008
poem
oh my how high you fly up in the sky don't you know you can come down on down to the ground where I ramble round this old town, same old place I've always been lost, but now have been found laying at your feet Lord I am unworthy of your faithfulness but I am learning and yearning for your face like the sun to come shining through to burn away the chaff weighing heavy upon my heart
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 36
wayfaring stranger
I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger Traveling through this world of war Ain't no sickness, toil or danger In that bright land I'm headed for
I'm going there to see my Father Says he'll meet me when I come I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home
I'll soon be done with earthly trials, My body asleep in the old church yard I'll drop this cross of self-denial And enter on my great reward
I'm going there to see my Father Says he'll meet me when I come I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home
I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger Traveling through this world of war Ain't no sickness, toil or danger In that bright land I'm headed for
Psalters - Home for refugees:
https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/home-for-refugees
Revolution come free us, Holy Brother us desert wanderers have no place to call home Physician come heal us Holy Mender us blind ol lepers can not find our way home Refugee just like me please don't leave You're our only.... Compassion come save us Holy Lover us warmongers ruined this place we call home Refugee just like me please don't leave You're our only...Home, Home.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 35
psalters - sword: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/sword
Oh if you have an ear then hear God alone wise and true Tho' all be found liars in this merchantful abyss Reject the dragon's billboards, false christs false hopes away God pulls our wrists out from history's razor blade The fists of manifestos quietly fall in line This present age, it roars...the contents the same: conform
O Bride be dressed in readiness Your Beloved's near the door and You will lack nothing if armed with your sword
Spirit blade to pierce the throat of the blasphemous beast Stare in its light, eternal propaganda cease
Dance until this world's white dress falls off by His mercy And in the early hours of the morn, exposed to the Word - transform!
O Lover, know the scroll is not itself the bread of life Reveals Him called Faithful and True on a white horse rides
With justice and eyes of fire "from His mouth comes a Sword" says a voice "To strike the nations down be glad and rejoice!" The Spirit and the bride, they cry "Come Alpha and Omega, wound us with longing more, God, Living Word, our Lord" credits from The Divine Liturgy of the Wretched Exiles, released June 14, 2006
Scripture reading:
Matthew 17: 14-20
When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 34
theillalogicalspoon - wisconsin blue pepper: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/wisconsin-blue-pepper
poetry reading
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 33
Theillalogicalspoon - eternity is now: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-is-now
Prayer reading from Heart Speaks to Heart by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 32
the Truth is stranger than fiction - "Exposed...": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxPnNmn46_M
theillalogicalspoon - Wild Fire: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/wild-fire
The trees sing to the empire (Isaiah 14:8): "Since you were laid low no tree cutter come against us." In the tree farmed managed moments of our lives. Our bark wasn't strong to the lightning Blackest night, bare branch, the moon is dead. O, come back that the light may be born again Ideas are old, there's no place to begin. Come O fiery Lord Undomesticated
Sow your seeds in the morning, don't be idle in the evening, You don't know what may grow And the trees sing to us all: "Time for talking is done. This is a battle cry. Stand with us against the civilized. This war they started soon will end, There are two sides now and only one will win. Our branches are strong and our roots are deep, come feral children awake from sleep!"
There is fire in Your coming there is fire in Your eyes there is fire that we all must pass through only what's of You survives Baptize us in Holy Fire we surrender all our goods unto Your hands we commend our flesh and spirits till the end
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 31
psalters - psalm 6: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/psalm-6
Be gracious to me for I'm falling away Heal me oh Lord for my bones are dismayed
And my soul is greatly dismayed & my soul is greatly dismayed
Oh Lord how long Lord Oh Lord how long Lord
Return and rescue my soul
from The Divine Liturgy of the Wretched Exiles, released June 14, 2006
defective prefect
this world's kings rule nothing. derelict and dumb to Truth, corrupted, callous and crudely used by unclean spirits who possess, abuse, plunder and loot all of creation to divide all into states and nations paddocked, isolated goats and sheep, as the war drums keep on marching, the beat droning on and on and on
O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. 3 My soul also is struck with terror, while you, O Lord—how long? 4 Turn, O Lord, save my life; deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise? 6 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. 7 My eyes waste away because of grief; they grow weak because of all my foes. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. 9 The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer. 10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror; they shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 30
psalters - dumpster divers: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/dumpster-divers
Come now and join the feast From the greatest to the very least Come now and join the feast Right here in the belly of the beast
Cops and soldiers you can come too - Lay down your guns and c'mon thru Rich people get rid of your stuff Poor people there will be enough
Mighty ones come down from your thrones Little ones you will not be alone
Lazy man come to the table Make some food for those who ain't able Pretty winner swallow your pride
Drink the ugly loser who for all died Make sure everyone gets some Then we'll see the kingdom...
Matthew 6: 25-34
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany episode 29
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive all those who are indebted to us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds and creative miscellany podcast episode 28 Psalters - Train de vie: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/train-de-vie
father abraham was called out to move. covenant made, there was blood in the groove. story began spanning ages through, when the word came, story became true.
Lord your people sojourners all Train de Vie! One more echo 'n th' eternal song 'f our hope & our love Train de Vie! Empires gripping, diesel slipping, thru it's fingers Train de Vie! Underground weeds grow up through the cracks 'n th' concrete TRAIN DE VIE! [4x]
scattered church all parts of earth roaming not conforming to this age or it's kings they pass away but on we sing pilgrim songs of hope incarnating
locomotion, weak foundation, foolish notion - train de vie! the fool is saying better things it's insane wisdom - train de vie! rouse us, spur us, incite exodus, Lord ignite the - train de vie! via maris, via terra, via highway - train de vie!
not just a movement, we were meant to move it's our blood and our life, we're called out too in the midst of death camp stories share life but the pages must wake, now is the time
rouse us, spur us, incite exodus, Lord ignite the - train de vie! via marris, via terra, via highway, train de vie! Pillar of Fire and Cloud - train de vie! tear our weak foundations down - train de vie!
All Who Are Weary: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/all-who-are-weary
The crowd has gone away Families went home to stay The good christians gave their last prayers As old friends offered one last solemn stare
We walk the dirt and stone It is the land of a refugee alone Forgotten men on long forgotten roads So far to go so few to share the load
Everyone has come and gone But the road is still a thousand miles long And the worst for most is my very best
"come to Me all you weary and I will give you rest"
The patrons left the carnival The sight seers seen their last sights The mourners all cried and went And the new dawn has given way tonight
Everyone has come and gone But the road is still a thousand miles long And the worst for most is my very best
Come to Me all you weary, And I will give you rest. One more step, one more step, To my love, to my rest. rest.
from The Divine Liturgy of the Wretched Exiles, released June 14, 2006
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 27
psalters - momamic: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/momamic
His step is fallin' hard tonight. Eve has long broken, cold black fell open, Shine burns through fog we sought for shelter from that light. It's time we eat that dust up and take it in. It's where we come from, where we're goin', where we sin. We're the boots put us on tie us up, You're the Feet, You're the Blood, we're the cup runneth over, runneth over me.
The cold moon is looking down on me It shines my crooked face, my wretched bones, my losing race. There's no escape, these cruel eyes of stone. Alone alone alone with that cold moon. Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lord You said You were comin soon
Good God it's You we love yeah. Good God look up above, there we are smiling down on You
Step in me, fill me up, we're the boots, we're the cup runneth over, runneth over me
Save us from all we've done with the blood of our Father's Son Until that moon turns blood red, until my wretched face has gone and fled, Until that moon is washed anew, until these bones can rest again with You...with You...with You.
from The Divine Liturgy of the Wretched Exiles, released June 14, 2006
1 Corinthians 1: 26-31
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 26 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRsiNX9LR8
The natural world, in its most basic existence, shows us what life is all about. Before we began paving over so many lands and making things more convenient for the sake of evolving our minds, we learned from the stories of our surroundings. What we've created and now inhabit is a fantasy world. We are ruled by something that is not real. Our status, our wants, our desires, what we can and can't have, are all guided by money. Thankfully, most of the things we can't have are things we don't need. But so many go without because they have no money. And often, they have been made poor and destitute by our parasitic institutions. Some see these people as diseased, some see them as subhuman, not even worthy of a better life. Some may say "If they wanted a better life, they'd go get a job." Well, it's not that simple, the world doesn't want you when you're destitute and dirty. If you can't wash your clothes, you can't get a job. It's funny how in order to get the things you want, you have to have some of them already. But everyone needs something more. Each of us is looking for that one thing that will make us feel complete. That spiritual thing that will cure our disease, make us not want, make us love, not hate. Many don't realize that this spirit of love is there already, it always has been. It's in and around us and it envelops everything that ever was. But we insist on destroying it to try and make it better, ever advancing our technologies. We call it evil and do away with it and forbid others to partake. And then out of the goodness of our hearts, we decide to preserve a small portion. Maybe its because we feel bad for destroying so much of it already...perhaps it is simply to taunt the plebeian masses. Do we think that God cannot see what we've done? We build Him temples of wood and stone yet we debase the true holy temples of our hearts.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 25 psalters - Will Scarlett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utYWFLRd5Is
Your princes they are rebels (rebels!) companions of thieves everyone, they love their bribes
and chases after gifts every mountain, every mountain, every mountain made low every valley, every valley, every valley up shall grow
There is a new way, out of this old mess listen to the cry, from the wilderness make a straight path, for the way of the Lord! Your rulers see their towers (towers!)
and are filled with vanity one day you will see that the powers that be will have no power over me
every mountain, every mountain, every mountain made low every valley, every valley, every valley up shall grow
There is an old way, out of this new mess listen to the cry, from the wilderness make a straight path, for the way of the Lord!
It is by giving, that we do receive and by forgiving, that we are forgiven it is by dying, that we are born Into ever lasting life (x4) The Kingdom calls for courage (courage!)
We will cry, the Lord will say "If you break the yoke of oppression... your night will become noonday"
It is by giving/ every mountain...
Into everlasting life (x8)
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 24
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 23
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 22
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 21 Joshua Barton - Lac Supérieur: https://joshuabarton.bandcamp.com/track/lac-sup-rieur-joshua-barton theillalogicalspoon - Math!: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/math
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 20 theillalogicalspoon - Most High: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/most-high thoughts on the season, community, etc...
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 19 Joshua Barton - Pillaged Land: https://joshuabarton.bandcamp.com/track/pillaged-land other songs played on YouTube livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgrFkh2k0I Reputations: https://joshuabarton.bandcamp.com/track/reputations Snakes: https://joshuabarton.bandcamp.com/track/snakes Head Hang Low: https://joshuabarton.bandcamp.com/track/head-hang-low theillalogicalspoon - Grasping the Wind: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/grasping-the-wind
the girl's story:
You find yourself climbing your windowsill, out running in the backyard, walking on the side of the road at dusk alone.
Analyzing each page in the life you lead who you are and who you want to be trying to find the meaning of your personal history deep in your brain.
Change is the only constant theme. The moon and the sun are touching two extremes of the sky and in-between you sigh you see a field of corn.
In which a silver balloon says "happy birthday", you grab its' tail and you drift away, and as you sway in the wind it begins to say "Don't worry you'll be forgotten sooner than you think."
Don't worry you'll be forgotten sooner than you think.
And the trees heard the wind and they joyfully responded "hallelujah!
And the last lingering light said don't worry it's all right "hallelujah!"
O my, o my, o my hallelujah!
Now lay aside all earthly cares. x 3
the guy's story:
Sauntering across the snowy hill I thought I was alone. The earth laughs at me still.
Every time I look for something it's always the same I find it where I've already looked but I couldn't say that ahead of the time when all had been tried.
Then woe was me if I did not speak after living in the basement like a hermit for weeks I was trying to think through everything and that is hard.
Strained flood plains of ideas through my tired eyes to find out what had worth I found me a wooden boat all ready to row across the earth.
I laid down to drift. It headed up the mountain ridge. When we came down again it said "There is nothing new my friend".
Then the clouds like angels up there said clear "All your good words will fall upon deaf ears. And though you must bother soon your boons will be gathered to all your fathers who've gone before."
And immediately the sky proclaimed a most unashamed toast to say, "hallelujah!"
And the soil said, "cheers, rejoice in the years you have to live and sing : hallelujah!"
O life is hard. O life is hard. Hallelujah!
Now lay aside all earthly cares. x 3
When they meet:
Then you were there and there was I.
We walked together like morning light it was something new!
Through seasons, past the barns and farms, and the geese and the Spirit and the weeks we spend picking up trash off the fields and the roads. By the ponds and the paths we found mysteries and broken glass. We laid down in the tall grass.
When we woke up you said, "What if this is what we always did?"
Then freedom like a wild forest grew in my heart and brain, but the earth warned we would not remain, "Days under the sun they saw, saw, saw away."
We'd rather stay together all the same to find mysteries and broken glass in the drain.
Two are better than one. So I've heard.
You dance like the light and I'll play like the wind and we'll sing, sing, sing again.
Swim across the lake light a fire to dry our skin and we'll sing, sing, sing again.
And again and again and again sing hallelujah!
Now lay aside all earthly cares. x3
...
Draw near to hear.
Pay what you say.
He's in heaven your on earth.
Draw near to hear.
Leave empty dreams and speeches
now let your words be few.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 18 Wendell Berry - Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_r4jb9AYw theillalogicalspoon - hope: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hope
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 17 psalters - badlands: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/badlands
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 16 intro - psalters: gloria
Glory to God in the highest, peace to His people on earth Glory to God on His throne, His vengenance is merciful
To His weeping children He gives a mother's comfort Who denies His hand He gives bitterest rebuke
His wings are a refuge for all those who run to Him His voice will shatter shelters of man
Praise God who brings deliv'ry, Praise God who shuts the womb
He vindicates the little ones and gives worth to their suffering The rich man's bones will scatter he carries nothing with him He holds the outcasts' hands His nearness is life God will break the arms of peace-talkers with hearts of war
https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/gloria
psalters: Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come, thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our debts As we forgive all those who are in debt to us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For Thine is the kingdom and the power And glory forever and ever Amen
https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/lords-prayer
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 15
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 14 psalters: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/wayfaring-stranger lkisaid poetry
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 13 Full version of Feel, Feel, Feel by theillalogicalspoon: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/feel-feel-feel-2 psalters: https://psalters.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-all-lepers-here
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 11 Listen to the last bit of a song by theillalogicalspoon, called Tree of Job. You can hear the full song here: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/tree-of-job and also Morning Prayer: https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/morning-prayer
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
Music by psalters and a just a few other things. Thanks for listening!
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 10
no matter how closely we attempt to scrutinize ourselves, our motives and intentions, we can never be completely sure that we are doing God's will. at best we do what we feel is right or what we feel "lead" to do. often these actions are clouded by our own desires and our wanting to know that we are "doing the right thing". however, God is relational...His will is not some construct or formula to be figured out. He desires our complete attention and requires us to sacrifice every living moment to Him. this requires much discipline on our part because one instant of wrong-thinking can lead to years of agony and self-abuse. we continue to beat ourselves up over habits and addictions that we fall prey to on a daily basis. but rarely do we just sit, (in that moment of temptation) be still, and know that He is God. this is why it is so very important that we pray without ceasing. if we are at least attempting to keep in constant communication with the Lord, His will manifests itself, many times without our realization of it. Lord, help us say more and more each day, Thy will not my own. Amen
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 9
What we do to ourselves we do to others as well There is no thought, no action, no intention that does not have an effect on every other person on this planet. Of course our actions affect those closest to us the most especially our children, whose lives are influenced so much more. Our examples that we model will show them the way but only they can choose to live and learn and behave honorably, respectably, and in accordance with the Way of Truth
Feel the fire that burns within us all yearning for freedom now we are learning feeding and flowing healing and growing ever turning into and through knowing His love
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 8
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 7
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 6
we must change the culture of commodification that enslaves the mind with obsessions given toward perfectionism and all those isms that cause schisms between heart, soul, and head and the body, everything we dream shall be thus, our thoughts need to be fixed on love for one another we are all neighbors we share, we coinhabit we rely upon sunshine, our living earth sustenance, growth birth and rebirth we are born again and again our conversion conversational, honestly earnestly, we do know there is no one particular figurehead to fight against, it is an entire global system of oppression and violence that we must resist, dismantle and persist against, at all costs, or we shall risk our very souls and the heart of the meaningfulness of being human, living with dignity, free to be in love with All being all my sons and daughters you are sisters & brothers, beautiful creatures, light bearers, sing songs of love please teach me to behave more or less like children alive in rapt awe amidst great discovery wonderment and charm within our elemental mystical inheritance we heal the whole world as we allow ourselves to be healed through this collapsing into awakening inner mind, that one Truth our mystics and shamans, sages and saviors, teachers and preachers, friends sisters, brothers of love and peace embody please be one we are we shall remain same as our red clay hearts and minds beating, seeking whole mind one union home to Eden our plentiful garden
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 5
Though the cold gray rain will not last forever, its hold can remain in our hearts, a heavy burden to bear...with unforgiveness we share in this malice against our very humanity. O vanity of vanities! Lord free us from the insanity of this corrupted state. Break the spell of false spirituality and let us live for that beloved reality which we were made for.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 4
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 3
A poetic reflection on the season.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 2
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support
lkisaid thoughts, sounds, and creative miscellany episode 1
This is the introduction to my daily flash briefing podcast, which will also be curated (along with other art, writing, music, etc...) on my site https://cuppa.love. I'd love some feedback, critique and reviews too, please! Thanks for listening!!
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lkisaid/support